My Approach

I work from an integrative approach, which means that your individual needs will be at the centre of our work and I will integrate any other theoretical approaches if required to best suit your circumstances.

About Me

Speaking with a therapist can remove the pressure and expectation that might occur if you speak with someone close to you. There can be many reasons we don’t feel able to talk to the people around us, we don’t want to bring them down, and we might think they may not understand us or that they will want to fix things rather than listen. Maybe you don't feel any enjoyment anymore or you worry that you won't be the same person again. Maybe you feel stuck. If any of this is familiar you may also feel isolated and lonely with how you’re feeling.

Are you dealing with an unexpected situation out of your control? Do you feel like your life has changed beyond recognition or expectation? Do you feel like you don't know how to manage your situation and don't know where to turn? Perhaps you are finding that issues from your past that you thought you had dealt with are resurfacing?

I work with people whose lives have taken an unexpected turn through experiences that they feel have changed them or impacted how they are managing their lives. This could be through a bereavement, difficulty or end of a significant relationship or friendship, a change or redundancy at work, estranged family relationships, fertility issues, loss or change in their health or physical abilities or trauma through abuse.

I can help you rebuild your relationship with yourself, and help you understand why you are feeling this way. I can help you nurture a more compassionate understanding of what you're going through and we can work on ways on managing difficult feelings, building coping strategies and get some peace from what you have been through. We can explore why - why this happened, why you feel like this, why you may feel like you did something to cause this.

My aim is to provide you with compassionate understanding and acknowledgement of what has led you to therapy. Any goals or changes you wish to reach through therapy will be discussed and worked towards collaboratively. Therapy doesn't offer advice but I will offer alternative perspectives and approaches to situations that may be repetitive for you. Our relationship will be instrumental in growth and change through therapy as often key relationships in our lives are replicated in the therapeutic space, which can be transformative.

Over the last 20 years my experience as a psychotherapist/counsellor has enabled me to work in a variety of settings, including Primary Care and Community based counselling services. I am a UKCP accredited Integrative Psychotherapist and an EMDR therapist.

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I work with

• Individuals
• Private healthcare referrals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Integrative Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Bereavement
• Cultural Issues
• Depression
• Identity Problems
• Infertility
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Private Practice Issues
• Relationships
• Suicide
• Supervision
• Telephone Counselling
• Training
• Trauma
• Workplace Counselling